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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-12

stacy. Suddenly, however, n new thought
struck her, and her expression became the
very reverse OF angelic.
almost had | forgotten, [" she said, that
woman Ustane. What is she to Kali
krates-his servant, or-?" and she paused
and her voice trembled.
Ishrugged my shoulders. 81 understand
that she is wed to him according to the
custom of the Amahagger," answered,
"but / know not"
Her face grew dark as a thunder-cloud.
Old as she was, Ayesha had not outlived
jealousy.
Then there is an end,' she said; ''she
must die, even now!"
For what crime?" I asked, Mortified;
'she is guilty of naught that thou art not
guilty of thyself, oh, Ayesha! She loves
the man, and he has been pleased TO accept
her love; where, then, is her sinf"
'Truly, oh, Holly, thou art fooiishl' she
answered, almost ~petulantly. "Where is
her SIM Her sin is that she stands be-
tween me and my desire. Well | know
that / can take him from her-for dwells
there a man upon this earth, oh, Holly,
who could resist me If / put out my
strength Men arc faithful for 80 long
only as temptations pass them by. If the
temptation be but strong enough, then
will the man yield, for every man, like
every rope, hath it's breaking strain, and
passion is to them what gold and power
are to womcn-the weight upon their weak
ness. Believe me, Ill will it fare wit h
mortal women in that heaven of which
thou speakest If only the spirits be more
fair, for their lords will never turn to look
upon them. and their heaven become their
hell. For man can be bought with woman's
beauty if 1t be but beautiful enough; and
woman's beauty can be ever bought with
gold, If only there be gold enough. So was
1t in my day, and 30 it will be to the end
of time. The world Is q great mart, my
Holly, where all things are for sale to him
who bids the highest In the currency o.
our desires"
These remarks, which were rs cynical al
might nave been expected from q woman
OF A~yesha's age and experience, Jared up
on me, and l answered, testify, that in oul
heaven there was no marriage or giving in
marriage.
elise would it not be heaven, dost thou
mean," she put in. "Fie upon thee, Holly
to think so Ill Of us poor women! Is it
then. marriage that marks the line be
tween thy heaven and thy hell? But
enough of this. This is no time for dis
putting and the challenge Of our wits. Why
dost thou always di.pute3 Art thou also
a philosopher of these latter days? As fol
this woman, she must die; for, though
can take her husband from her. yet, while
she lived, might he think tenderly of her
and that | can not away with. No woman
shall dwell in his thoughts; my empire
shall be all my own. She hath had her
day, let her be content; for better is an
hour with love than acentury Of loneliness
now night shall swallow her."
NAY nay" / cried, sit would. be a Wick
ed crime. and from a crime n@nght comes
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-12
Hurled From a Window.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Nov. A coal-oll stove
exploded early this morning in the house Of
Mrs. Barbara Vogel. An alarm Of fire was
sounded and a crowd collected fn front Of the
house. When the engines arrived Mrs. Vosel
was in bed with her two children, aged two
and four years, in the third story. She be-
came frantic with fright, and rushing to the
window threw up the sash. Then elasping
window and kissed them passionately, while
the astonished crowd stood below gazing
at her wild actions. At length with a
quick movement, she threw them out, one
after the other, as far from the building as
her strength would allow, and they plunged
headlopg through the air a distance of thirty
shuddered, but a couple of men rushed for
ward and causnt the children ere they reached
the pavement. "he frantic mother then
climbed on the sill aud was preparing to pre-
~cipitate herself from the window, when the
spectators shouted 10 her to desist. These
cries caused her to pause for a moment, and
fly to call 10 her that there was no danger
as the fire was out. She finally seemed to
collect her senses and retired from the win
dow. The children were only slightly In
jured, but the man who caught the elder child
had one of his wrists broken.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-12
Gen. Duane Makes a Report or Rivers
and Harbors.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81.-Gen. Duane, chief
of engineers, has made his INT report to
the secretary OF war. Beyond the reference
to the attached reports of oHacers n charge OF
the imI rovenents, the subject OF river and
harbor Improvement receives but little atten-
ton, the report bei;g largely devoted to a
statement Of the condition OF the sea coast
and lake front defenses. On this topic Gen.
Duane rays that many CT the works are d.
lapidated, and economy requires that they
should b kept from decay. The estimates
submitted aggregate s5,234,0eO, In
cludine Sc, $1,000 for the con-
sI uction OF gun and mortar bat
teries. And 81, $685. G0 for submarine mines
and appliances for closing channels. These
amounts are meant to cover the extensive
tlaus of d~efenses to be divided among the
principal reaports next year. Two typical de
signs, prepared by the b ards OF engineers,
are sail TO NEE: all the IL 'deru requirements,
and are for Notifications constructed OF sand,
cotccing the masonry and bomb proof, The
report says that no armor Is now or ever VIII
be required for such defen8es.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-12
Fire at Nashville.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 4.-Tbis morning
the building occupied on College street by
Weakley & Warren, asa furniture store, was
discovered 10 be on fire, and owing to the In
fammable character OF the material, the
flames spread rapidly and communicated with
adj ,ining buildings. The entire block from
Bank alley south to the Western Union
building was an immense sheet OF fame. The
fire department, after hard work, succeeded
in keeping the fire within the space described
The total loss sggl egates 1857, 000. Iusur.
ance, 1922. 900. During the progress of the
lire the walls Of a building adjoining Bank al
Iey fell in and a son OF J. y. Moore, about Il
years old, had his skull crushed and will die
and several Others we're more or less injured,
Others are believed to be covered by the de
bris, which workmen are now removing.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-12
Adj ournment of the Cattle Mems Con-
veptiQO.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. AT this mornings
sessioa Of the Consolidated Cattle Growers
association, a resolution declaring 1t mex
pedient TO make any declaration on oleomar
garine legislation was adopted. A resolution
~favoring the adjustment Of the old STYLE
brake on stock cars and substitution Of ar
brakes therefore was adopted. Soon after.
ward another resolution, asking for the re
moval Of the discrimination against the pro.
ducts Of fat stock resulting from a tax on
imitation butter was adopted. At 0;30 the
convention adjourned sine die. Afterward a
business meeting , the associa-
ton was held. The following Off
year: President, w. A. Towers; viCe-presi-
dents, Elme- Washbrrn, Ii. E. Alyord, Asel
Ames, secretary, II. II. Sanders; treasurer,
j.. Clay, jr. executive committee, j. L. Brush,
Thomas b.. Wales, jr., Granville Stuart, Adam
Carl, Thos. Sturgis, F. C.. Stevens, Isaac PIT.
or, T. Alexander Seth, James Ballentine,
VIM. Leggitt, W. A. Paxton, L. N. Borham,
Thomas II. Prize, George M. Simpson, L. X.
Schofeld.
Before adjournment resolution was passed
referring to the financial loss caused cattle.
men through the action OF the president In
ordering the removal Of cattle from Cheyenne
and Arapaboe counties, and declaring that X,
upon Investigation 1t be found, as alleged by
the ~lessees, that they were occupying the land
In good faith, congress should a proper
compensation TO them for their loss.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-12
AN INSANE CLERGYMAN,
He Loves Too Many Women and Shoots
Himself Because a Gill keussd 10
Marry Him.

He Loves Too Many Women and Shoots
Himself Because a Gill keus,d 10
Marry Him.
F%ARIBAULT, Mimi, Nov. 3.-Rev. Erlck l.
Peterson, pastor for many years of the Scan
dlnhyian Episcopal church OF this city, sui
cided yesterday by shooting himself through
the heart with a revolver, In an upstairs bed
room at his residence. He Lad been sick and
bad acted strangely for sevyral weeks past.
Accor ling TO testimony at the coroneI's in.
quest, II appeared that Peterson hal init
mated several times OF late that he would
commit suicide. He had told a friend that he
was having trouble with his wife, che accus
Ing him Of being false 10 his marital vows. A
Miss Peterson testified 70 having had a con.
versation with the deceased a few moments
prior to the shooting. He had said: "Will
you mary me, or won't you," She replied,
"No, | won't, - and had turned and left. Soon
afterwards the pistol shot was heard. A week
before he had threatened to poison himself II
she refused to marry him. Mrs. Peterson, the
widow, {. stiied that he had told her II he
could not get q divorce and marry Miss Peter
son be should commit suicide. Rev. Z. 2.
Wilson said that Peterson had claimed that
his wife was one OF the girls he prepared for
confirmation, ard that life with her was be-
coming uncomfortable. His wife had charged
him with stopping drinkirg TO please Miss
Peterson. All the testimony showed Peter.
son TO have been Of unsound mind. The YER
dict given was that he came to his death by a
pistolshot wound by his own hand while la
boring under a fit Of temporary insanity.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-12
The Circulating Medium.

WASHINGTON, Nov. ga statement IRE
pared at the treasury shows that during the
month II October there was a net increase OF
Sl3,0s7, $50 in the circulation and a net In
crease OF sl4, 24o, 5l4 in the cash In the treas
ury. The total circulation, November l, Is
stated 81 81, 1856, 5l3, $40, and the total cash In
the treasury at 1908, GOO, Oo2.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-12
How David Licked Goliah.

Omaha World: Omaha Teacher
Did you all give attention to the story
of DAVID and GOLIATH
Clacs-Yes'm.
Tcacher-Now why did that contest
take placer
Little Girl-So he big armies would
not have to tight and SO many get
killed.
Teacher-Correct Now, why was
it that a youth like David was able to
conquer a giant like GOLIATH
Little Boy (recently from Boston,
Cause they didn't fight 'cordin' TO
Queensbury rules.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-12
- IL. 90
A HISTORY OF ADVENTURE.
BY H.. RIDER AAGGARD.

why Goth not that woman leave us, my
Holly! asked Ayesha, from the other end
OF the cave, where she was engaged in
carelessly examining some sculptures on
the wall.
'She oh not like to leave Leo" l an.
swered, not knowing what to say. Ayesha
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-12
CHAPTER xvIII.--GO, WOMAN!

- IL A. StS 80
ia silence Of a
minute or so,
during which
She appeared, If
IN might Judge
from the almost
angelic rapture
of her %face-for
she looked an
gelic sometimes
to be plunged
in q happy &C.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-12

He may have been in a hurry, but this Is
the way ne wrote part of his order at the
restaurant 'Sharlott Ruche."
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-12

The assessed value of the live stock
IN Texas as shown by the last
assessment now on file in the comp
trollers office is $50, 600, 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-22
The Eastern Shore Girl.

=
Nearly every Eastern Shore girl is q
good cook. She is taught the art thor.
oughly, SO that she may intelligently
instruct her servants. and, if .circum-
stances should require 1t, SO that she
may go into the kitchen herself and do
che cooking. The race of old colored
cooks who hourished before the war is
fast dying out, and, as the young col
ored women have not inherited their
mothers skill, the mistress of the house
has been compelled to perfect herself
in the duties Of the kitchen, SO that she
may give her servants q practical train
ing.
Even when required to act as her
W cook the Eastern Shore girl finds
time for other work, and for enjoying
hes self and making others happy. She
is expert with the needle, a fair must
clan. and q bright talker. Some are
dashing horseback riders and graceful
skaters and daring swimmers. They
cen manage the sails Of a small boat,
and can pull q strong oar. and many of
them can handle q pistol. The out
door exercise gives roundness and sym
metry toa 1.-the figure, which is usually
surmounted by a beaut full neck and
face, for there are but few places in the
world where lovelier women can be
found. She is fond of reading. and can
converse with sprightliness and origi.
nality upon the best works of English
literature, and criticise with Judgment
the styles and methods of different au-
thors. She will go into the kitchen
looking as sweet and fresh as a flower,
prepare a breakfast of fruits, egg pone,
or some other kind of delicious corn
bread, hot rolls, clear coffee, sliced to-
matoes, and fried tailors or rock or
perch or crabs, and return to the table
as neat in appearance as when she en-
tered the kitchen, and SO CHEEKY and
pleasing in manner that each and every
article of food will taste the sweeter for
being in her presence.
At dinner you will have fried chick
en-, ~delicately Drowned, ham, baked
with wine or sugar, roast duck, pota-
toes, corn, tomatoes, lima beans, beets,
egg plants, apple sauce, sweet and % III
pickles, currant jelly, ice-cream and
peaches, Or peaches and genuine cream,
buildings, pies. custards, cake and
fruits. For supper there will be soft
crabs, crocus, Maryland biscuit, Sally
Lunn, honey, and various preserves,
with peaches and cream. The pre-
serves are wonderfully fine specimens
of the preserving art, for in this respect
the Eastern Shore girl is without an
equal the world over. Strawberries,
blackberries, raspberries, peaches,
ounces. pears, damsons, crab-apples,
apricots, watermelon rind, rock melon,
and ~cantaleup are all subjected to her
skill, and when placed upon the table
they not only retain their favor but
will convince any man THAI nature itself
has been improved upon. In winter,
torrapins and wild geese, and ducks
and birds, and oysters take the place
of the fried chicken and the soft and
hard crabs. As all the things men
toned above come from the land and
water of the peninsula, the tables of
the poorest families are supplied with
them, though, of course, not in such
great variety.-Talbot County (Ad.)
cor. Baltimore San.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-22
Inaian sword Performers.

he favorite sword for performing
feats In India IS the gauntlet handled
nata. The swordsman will first snow
The krenness Of his weapon and hIs COM
ID md of its weight by cutting 10 two 9
leaf laid Fat on the o~utstretched palm o.
Il friend, Or by cutting q cloth hanging
loose IN the air. He will put one SWORD
on each hand and So armed, sprlnging
from bis feet on the bare ground VIII
throw so1nersaults backward and Tor
ward, following each movement with 2
Wondrously complicated and stimuli
taneous ggration of both swords round
his head and body. He will have the
naked sw srd, more than Ave feet long,
double edged, sharp printed and keen
81 4 razor, dashed from The back Of his
| neck down his buck and will again from
| his naked feet, repeat the somcrsauIts.
Aoain. with sword aud shield ii his
hands. be will leap headforcmost through
| fhe stretched out loop Of arope held by
10 men 81 the height Of their heads, A
c;rens rider leaps throngha paper
hoon and light safely IN hIs fest. Small
xsnnderif the gaping Gro 80 ct spectators
nrIsna roeiferously; that the carpet q
III nlucky athlete Is q covered vita
msrTest Of small change alid fhas Sne II
curing festivals, With these pTotlkaol'
a~naortunitiss, prevent the knowledge
I old epss pla9 tram aTaae eAs'
RiqEtv@N
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-22
A Great Sea on Fire.

The shores of the Caspian abound in
naphtha springs extending for miles
under the sen, the imprisoned gases of
this volatile substance often escaping
from assures In its bed and bubbling up
in large volumes to the surface. This cir
cumstance has given rise TO the practice
of sgCtiug tifO sea ON frc, Wnrcn is tlrszsr
described by a Traveller:
aiIiring q steam barge, we put out to
sea, and, after a lengthy search, found at
last a suitable spot. Cur boat having
moved round 60 windwarl a sailor threw
4 bundle OF burning flax into the sea.
when floods of light dispelled the sur
rounding darkness. No fireworks, no
il~Iuminations, are to be compared to the
sight that present ID itself to u gaze.
1t was dc though the sea trembled con-
yulsively amid thousands of shooting,
dancing tongues Of flame Of prodigious
size, Now they emerged from the water,
now they disappeared. At one time they
spared aloft and melted away; ct another
4 gust Of wind divid ID them into bright
streaks Of flame, the foaming, bubbllng
pillows making music to the scene.
I'm compliance with the wishes Of
some of the spectators our barge was
steered toward the flames, and passed
right through the m.dsto Of them, a some.
what dangerous exp r ment, rs tho barge
was employed ID the transport Of naph-
tha. and was pretty well saturated with
the fluid. However. we escaped with
out accident, and gazed for an hour
longer on the unwonted spectacle Of 9
sea ON fire.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-22
A Wonderful Watch.

This is d age Of Improvement. Mr..
r. s. Giles has q watch which he built
atsGencva for his use, which ought
to keep b m from going astray. There
Is a year hand which always points to the
calendar month. There is another hand
which infallibly points to tee day Of the
week. There is d third hand which reg
isters the day of the month, and which
will set itself every four years Tor an es-
ira day in February. In addition to the
regular hour and minute hands, there 10
4 double split second fyback for the
timing OF horses and athletic perform
ances. The small fractional second hand
re ords the beats in ffths, and near it Ia
An arrangement which shows the moon
with its ever-changing phases. The re-
heating bells strike the hour, quarter and
minutes. and the tones are musical. On
The can there is an elaborate engraving
of Columbus discovering America. The
watch is d wonderful piece OF mechanism,
and its running qualirles.. have borne q test
ii nearly four years.-I'agf Ffe1 end
Hmm.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-22
Facts About Rivers.

The explorations of recent years
have considerably changed our notions
of the comparative rank of the great
rivers of the world. If we class rivers
according to their length, both the Nile
and the Yangtse Kiang must be named
before the Amazon. The Niles 1900
miles of waterway from its headwaters
south of Lake Victoria to the Mediter-
ranean make it the longest river in the
world, nearly as long as the Mississip-
pi and Missouri together, and about
1000 miles longer than the Amazon.
and Amazon is the greatest river in
AID because it has immense trib-
u~taries, ss,e tIi this pftdsep, the
Danube or the bar any civil rsof
which the Amazon basfaet, nor shaii s9rS
about 1000, 600 squarSro8ssaffBssssoeGaste4
than that of anyxSsner river. The
Congo river is tb6seour. b largest river
in the w~orldfebdt in the volume Of
water it porfs into the ocean it is Sec
ond onlySo the Amazon.
A wy curious thing has been dis
covfeed about the three greatest river
basins in South American-the Orino-
co, the Amazon, and the Plata basins.
Ib has been found that they are SO con-
nected by w~aterseourses that the trav-
eIer can pass inssteamboats or canoes
from one river system into another.
Hs eap ASCEND !. the aQsHEinaaeea tU UiMHees feo
the Cassaquiafa, on which he can travel
for about two hundred miles to the Rio
Negro, one Of tie largest tributaries OF
the Amazon. Floating down to the
Amazon, and then descending that riv-
or for some distance. he a ascend
the great Madeira tributary. In its
upper course he can turn into the Ma
mor then into the Guapore, then in
to the little Allegro river. Here, as is
often done, he can haul his canoe over
o low, grassy fiat about two miles wide,
and launch it into the Rio Agoapehy.
and then descend by the Jauru and
Paraguay to Buenos Ayres and the
Plata river. The Allegro and Agoa-
pehy rivers, head streams of two
mighty systems, flow side by side for
twenty or thirty miles, and many OF
their branches are separated by a few
hundred yards
Mr.. Wells, the engineer whom Bra-
xii has employed for years in her rail-
road surveys, says that in many places
! the basin Of the Amazon could easily
be connected with thai of the Plata
river BY canals, and communication by
water would thus be rendered complete
| from one system to the other.-Neto
| York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-22
Tn Err Ia Human

But 1t is positively inexeusable to administer
or take narcotics or potent sedatives to relieve
i~ntranquility of the nerves, the easily discoV"
cradle cause of which is simply indigestion.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the remedy ln'
Heated when the nervous sem is weak, no
consequently super-sensitive and untranqu'l.
Braced and quoted by this superlative tome,
the system obtains needfull repose at night,
lyspept:c qua ms cease to disturb the stomach,
and mental inquietude disappears. The habit
IF Fody becomes regular. the liver and kidneys
IRE BEAUTIFULLY stimulated, and bodily or men
al exertion ceases to be a wearisome and diff
fcult task. Neuralgia, rheumatism and ma
larial disorders. and kidney troubles, are en-
.irely Grad icated by this m%atchless invigorent
and regulator.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-22
Railer Explosions.

From time to time demands are heard
AZ ] Governmental control over steam
ho;lers. more especially when sone dIs-
astrous explosion occurs, drawing puplic
s~IfanI;on i'd The subject. In the twenty
vears' following 1864 there was il Great
nr;sa;n IN average of 46.7 boiler ex-
,,1os;ona ncr year with averages, 5s. IL
IL rsons killed and l42.l4 ill sureu. -
aser,nauy. % the ether hand, Where re
law On the subject il e~xcesdIngiy
stringent. the figures before us snow j
I'm, from to 1883 inclusive mere
were only fse boiler explosions q g
annual average Of Ar B nsa.1saa
killed aud inIured aseraged FsspeekIVesy
sud Iadas